Another Potty Training Question!!!! - Irving,TX

My son is 2.5 and is fully potty-trained. I can tell you what worked for me -- bribery! :) We do not allow candy too much in our house, so when the kids do get it, it's a BIG TREAT. So we put peppermints (individually wrapped) in the bathroom so he could SEE what he was working for, and of course showered him with lots of praise when he did well, followed by that ever-important piece of candy. Peppermints just happen to be what he loves -- find out what your son loves and take it from there. Who knows - it just might work! Also, I should note that my son will not poop on the big potty, only his training potty. I'm not sure why, but as long as it's not in his pants I'm okay with that! Good luck!

I think when people start answering your request you will find that this is a very common issue with potty training. Many of my friends had the same problem. I have 15month twins that aren't even close but I do have an 8 year old that went through this. After several months of giving her the diaper and then changing her back to panties, I just made up my mind (and her's, too :-) ) that she was going to poop in the potty. So for about 3 days, she cried and begged me for a diaper and I would go put her on the potty instead but she wouldn't go. Finally at the end of that three days, I think she just couldn't hold it in anymore so she was forced to do it on the potty and surprise surprise, how proud she was of herself! It was never an issue again. Now, I realize that many would not agree with my holding out on her for so long but we each have to do what we feel is best with our own kids. For her it worked, others it may not. Hang in there though, I promise you when he's five and in kindergarten, he won't be asking for a diaper to go poopy! Have a good one!

My son, 2.5 (3 in Jan.) is going through the same thing. We go back and forth from doing good to not doing it at all. Unless we catch him about to go poop, he won't tell us. If we see that he's about to (you know, he has that face), we bribe him with candy and run him to the potty and he (normallly) finishes there. All weekend long though, this past weekend, he's only wanted to poop in his diaper. He will hide to poop. I think it's just a time thing. I've heard not to rush them -- they will come around. Keep encouraging the tee-tee on the potty and soon enough they will poop there too. Also, we do 1 M&M for tee-tee and 2 for poop. Sometimes that encourages them, sometimes they could care less :) Let me know how it goes! (oh, and at the lady's house where he stays while I work, he goes poop on her potty almost 50% of the time -- for me, only about 10% of the time!) Go figure! Good luck!

This is totally normal. Just keep giving him the diaper to poop in for a while. However, you might show him the box of diapers and let him know that when you run out of diapers it will be time to poop in the potty. We did this with my daughter. She held out for quite a while (3 or 4 days) but finally went. It might help him feel better to go on a potty chair rather than the adult toilet. We had to do this for a couple months with my daughter before she had the courage to sit on the big potty for it.